THE people

Elizabeth Tizzard Danner

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

November 21, 1845

DATE OF DEATH:

February 1, 1906

GENDER:

F

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

Lizzie Danner, Mary Elizabeth Tizzard

MAIDEN NAME:

Tizzard

ETHNICITY:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

Burlington

IA

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:

58

MARITAL STATUS:

Married

ROLE:

Audience Member

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

other information

CEMETERY:

Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA

MORGUE:

IDENTIFIED BY:

OTHER NOTES:

In 1903 Lizzie and Harry Danner traveled to Chicago from Burlington, Iowa, to spend the holidays with their middle daughter's family. On Wednesday afternoon, December 30, they attended a matinee of Mr. Bluebeard at the city's newest luxury playhouse, the Iroquois Theater. The performance was likely selected for the benefit of ten-year-old granddaughter Helen Wunderlich. When a stage fire spread to the auditorium, killing nearly six hundred, Lizzie lost her daughter, as well as her only granddaughter, and her husband of thirty-eight years, Harry. Lizzie survived the fire and passed away in 1906.

CITATION:

Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95589611/mary_e_danner
https://www.iroquoistheater.com/

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Judy Cooke, Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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